Car bumper



March 22, 1927.

R. BREYLEY CAR BUMPER yFiled April l, 1925 Patented Mar. 22, 1927.

UNiTED STATES RUPERT BREYLEY, or rAIivEsviLLE, oiaro.

CAR Bunyan. l

Application ined Aliii 1, iee'. seriai ivo. 192795.

The purpose of this inventionis to piro-` vide a highly efficient car bumper that is comprised of a. minimum number of very simple parts that are cheap ot manufacture and particularly convenient ot assembly. 'lhe bumper is designed t'r mounting directly upon the rails of a track for engagement with iixed abutments thereon so as to be incapable of shitting with respect to the track under the influence of an impact. while, on the other hand, it is yieldable in two respects, tirst, in respect to the shock of the impact, and, second to compensate for re lative movement between the opposed rails, thus relieving the elements ot the bumper ot undue strains when the bumper is engaged by a heavy car or truck, the elements being connected together and to the track with relatively loose joints.

The tact that the bumper is carried solely by the rails permits it to be shifted either lengthwise ot a track or from one track to another without disturbing the track bed in case it becomes necessary or desirable to change its location,

While my improved bumper is suitable for general use, it is especially adapted for employment in shops and foundries for stopping so-called ingot buggies or trucks. In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 shows a section of a track in side elevation with the bumper mounted thereon and engaged by a truck or ingot buggy; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bumper; Fig. 3, a rear elevation thereof; Fig. 4 is an enlarged sec tional detail on the line 1-4 ot Fig. 1; and Fig. is a similar detail on a further enlarged scale ot one of the abutments, the plane of section being indicated by the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

The bumper consists of two identical and therefore interchangeable chair-shaped housings 1 and 2 which have formed integral with their lower front and rear corners claws 3 and at which are designed to loosely embrace the balls of the rails 5. The opposed housings are tied together adjacent their upper ends by a rod or bolt 6, and are maintained a iixed distance apart by a tubular spacer 7 that is applied to the bolt or rod.

A bolster 8, preferably composed ot a heavy timber. rests upon the seat portions 9 ot the housings 1 and 2. While it is not regarded as essential under ordinary circumstances, the bolster may, if desired, be

connected by suitable means to the housings 1and2. .4 .j v

The ,housings Yare adapted to be applied toy the rails 5b'y engaging the, claws 3 and 4t over the ends of the rails, and when the housings are shifted to about the desired location upon the rails, abutments 1() are secured to the rails immediately in advance ot the bumper, as by means of bolts 11. These abutments are designed to be enga-ged by the claws 4 of the housings 1 and 2 and prevent shifting the bumper in the direction in which it would have a tendency to move Linder the impact of a car or truck. In Fig. 1, the bumper is shown as engaging the abutments 10, and as being engaged by an ingot buggy or truck 12.

By reason of the inherent yielding quality of the wooden bolster 8 the housings 1 and 2 are relieved somewhat of the shock incident to the impact ot the truck with the bumper, and the loose connections between the bolster and the housings and between the housings and the rails, allow the elements oi the bumper to give with respect to each other suiiiciently to compensate tor any weaving of the track under the load of the truck 12 without imposing strains upon the elements of the bumper. lt is desirable for this rea son that the housings 1 and 2 be not bolted directly to the rails.

From this disclosure it will be seen that my' invention provides a structure through which the objects above enumerated are eftectually attained. The opposed housings 1 and 2 are as Aabove stated, interchangeable, and each preferably consists of an integral casting ot suitable metal. These housings, with the abutments 10, constitute the only specially constructed parts in the bumper. The bolts or rods 6 may be of standard variety, and the spacer 7 a length of sta-ndard pipe ot suitable diameter. The bolster 8 is cut, in proper length, from stock timber of a standard cross-section. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A. car bumper comprised of chairshaped housings loosely applied to the opposed rails of a track, each ot said housings consisting ot an integral member, means tying together and spacing apart the upper ends of the opposed housings, abutments secured to said rails for engagement by the housings, and a timber loosely resting upon shaped housings having claws at their lower ends that are designed to .loosely embrace the ball of a rail7 each of said housings consisting of an integral member the respective housings being adapted for application to the opposed rails of a trackl`v abutments secured to the rails immediately in advance of the housings, and a bolster resting upon the seat portions of thc chair-shaped housings in a position to engage the back portions thereof.

3. A car bumper comprising7 in combination, two identical chair-shaped housings having seat and back portions and equipped at their lower ends with claws designed to embrace the balls of opposed rails of a track, stops adapted to be secured to the opposed rails immediately in advance of said housings. means tying together and spacing apart the upper ends of the housings, and a bolster resting upon the seat portions of the said housings and engaging the back portions thereof.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto my signature.

RUPERT BREYLEY. 

